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Friday, January 30, 2009

Empowering Future Generations: Information Literacy

The US National Forum on Information Literacy is having a 20th Anniversary Celebration on October 15 and 16, 2009: Empowering Future Generations: Information Literacy in Washington, D.C., USA. On the 15 there is an Anniversary Dinner with a Keynote Address from Arthur J. Rothkopf, Senior Vice President, U.S. Chamber of Commerce. The 16th includes a Panel Discussion: Empowering Future Generations: Information Literacy – A National Strategic Plan. Questions to the conference co-chairs: Dr. Lana W. Jackman, lj@infolit.org (also teh contact for sponsorship offers) or Dr. Sharon A. Weiner, sw@infolit.org More details regarding the conference agenda, keynote speakers, registration etc. will be available at http://www.infolit.org/

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Information Literacy is ...

"the adoption of appropriate information behaviour to identify, through whatever channel or medium, information well fitted to information needs, leading to wise and ethical use of information in society." (Webber and Johnston)